Tag: Stuffed Peppers

Happy new year! It wasn’t a resolution, but over winter break I have designed a healthy eating plan for myself, and have been exercising/lifting weights. I am feelings great, and am now a firm believer that one does not need to eat bland to eat well. Clean eating is enjoyable, and you feel so much better physically from eating this way that I don’t know if i’ll ever go back to not being more conscious of what I consume on a day to day basis. Here’s one of my go-to recipes when I want a fulfilling and flavorful meal.

Stuffed Peppers

4 Bell Pepper (Red, Yellow, Green, Orange)

Rice – cooked, 1 cup (brown works fine)

Carrots – 1/4 cup, chopped

Onions – 1/2 cup, chopped

Corn – Sweet, yellow, canned, whole kernel, drained solids, 3/4 cup

Garlic – Minced, 2 cloves

Red Pack – Tomato Sauce 3 cups

Oil – Olive, 3 tablespoons

Celery – 1/4 cup chopped

Beef – Ground, 1 lb (or better yet, ground turkey)

-Preheat oven to 350* F-Cut off bottom of pepper, and even the top/stems if necessary-Clean out pepper and rinse. Make a tiny hole where the bottom stem was-Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat, and sauté garlic. Add Rice, coat all grains with oil, and add water. Cook covered until done.-Season and cook meat with 1 tablespoons of olive oil-Chop Celery, Carrots, and Onion together, and add vegetables, and rice to the beef mixture-Add corn to mixture, and combine well. Add parmesan cheese if you’d like-Put peppers in a pan, I use an 8×8 with 4in sides-Stuff the peppers fully, and then pour tomato sauce over the peppers-Put the “tops” on the pepper, and cover with aluminum foil, and cook for 45 minutes or until peppers are cooked